England opening batsman Alastair Cook is the Cricket World Player of the Week for his stellar performance in the first Test against West Indies at Edgbaston.

West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Smith has announced his decision to retire from international cricket with immediate effect.

For scoring the highest individual score in Pallekele and helping Sri Lanka secure a fabulous victory in the first Test against Australia, Kusal Mendis is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

For registering his highest first-class score during the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford, England's vice-captain Joe Root is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

England's wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow is the Cricket World Player of the Week for his match-winning 140 against Sri Lanka in the first Test in Leeds.

Dwayne Smith snared four wickets as Kolkata Knight Riders were reduced to 124 for eight, following which Gujarat Lions chased the target in 13.3 overs and raced home to a massive six-wicket win in the 51st match of the Indian Premier League in Kanpur.

For scoring 213 runs from three matches in the Indian Premier League including a maiden Twenty20 century, Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

When we asked West Indies international Dwayne Smith to tell us about players who had inspired him when he was getting into the game, he produced a veritable list of great players from around the world.

In our latest 'Off The Mark' video, we find out how West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Smith first fell in love with the game and how close he came to accurately predicting his future as an international cricketer.

All-rounder Dwayne Smith is brimming with confidence regarding the chances of his team Barbados Tridents in the 2015 Caribbean Premier League which kicks-off later this month.

A welcome return to form for batsman Virat Kohli helped India beat the West Indies by 48 runs in the second One-Day International at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi.

Chris Gayle will miss the West Indies' One-Day International series in India and Marlon Samuels has been handed a recall to a 15-man squad.

The Chennai Super Kings made it six Indian Premier League 2014 wins in a row with their sixth consecutive victory over the Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Our attention was once again solely on the Indian Premier League this week and it is Chennai Super Kings batsman Dwayne Smith who has been chosen as the Cricket World Player Of The Week.

The Chennai Super Kings kept the pressure on Indian Premier League 2014 leaders the Kings XI Punjab by beating the Sunrisers Hyderabad by five wickets in Sharjah.

Watch as Dwayne Smith says he wanted Chris Gayle to get the West Indies off to a better start against Bangladesh before he ended up taking charge with a rapid half-century.

The West Indies took their first win of the ICC World Twenty20 2014, bouncing back from their defeat against India by thrashing Bangladesh by 73 runs.

West Indies warmed up nicely for their ICC World T20 title defence, recording a second victory on the bounce, as they beat Sri Lanka by 33 runs in Mirpur.

The West Indies continued their good run of form against England with a crushing seven-wicket win in an ICC World Twenty20 2014 warm-up match in Fatullah.